The "Back to Sleep Campaign" and Deformational Plagiocephaly: Is There Cause for Concern?

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-18

  Turk, Andrew E ^a   McCarthy, Joseph G ^a   Thorne, Charles H M ^a   Wisoff, Jeffrey H ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brow displacement; Cranial asymmetry; Deformational plagiocephaly; Ear displacement; Forehead flattening; Occiput flattening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; HEAD POSITION; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

CRANIAL SUTURES; EAR DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SKULL; SLEEP; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0029940878     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-199601000-00006     Document Type: Article

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